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usual signaling that the united states is gone. everyone need z to start making calculations based on the idea that there will be no miles per hour presenamerican presence in afghanistan. this is meant to say there won't be 90,000 troops in afghanistan, but we will be a partner, we will be strategically involved. we will even have some kind of military association with afghanistan long past 2014 which is the date at which the last u.s. troops are supposed to leave under current plans. the second part of this of course is to demonstrate that the last two months as you mentioned have seen a series of unfortunate episodes of various kinds. the sergeant, the burning of the korans and this agreement is meant to say, look, we understand these things happen, but there is a u.s./afghan partnership, a strategic relationship and that continues. >> given what we have been reporting on, though, to an fly on the wall of the conversation between president obama and president karzai, but what conversation is he really walking into, what ultimatel
usual signaling that the united states is gone. everyone need z to start making calculations based on the idea that there will be no miles per hour presenamerican presence in afghanistan. this is meant to say there won't be 90,000 troops in afghanistan, but we will be a partner, we will be strategically involved. we will even have some kind of military association with afghanistan long past 2014 which is the date at which the last u.s. troops are supposed to leave under current plans. the...
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he did not want to go to the united states. >> you hear the ambassador say he d ot united states. as soon as he made it to t hospital, it see a change of heart. what happened? was one message conveyed by the u.s. officials to him before he walked out of the embassy that make his heart heavy. he was asked if he didn't walk out of the u.s. embassy that they, he would no longer have an opportunity to reunite with his wife and two children. he did explicitly tell me that he felt very, very hard it was almost a one-way street he has to walk to see his daughter, his son and his wife. he felt that he would have some insurance for the u.s. government for safety and freedom. >> you say some assurances. you don't chust trust the chinese government. anybody that has been involved in this kind of diplomacy before, doesn't trust the chinese government. do you think the ambassador should have said, stay and give us a few days to see if we can work on getting your wife in here as well or did the u.s. embassy handle this right? >> i do think it was a mistake to just let him walk on may 2nd after
he did not want to go to the united states. >> you hear the ambassador say he d ot united states. as soon as he made it to t hospital, it see a change of heart. what happened? was one message conveyed by the u.s. officials to him before he walked out of the embassy that make his heart heavy. he was asked if he didn't walk out of the u.s. embassy that they, he would no longer have an opportunity to reunite with his wife and two children. he did explicitly tell me that he felt very, very...
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the sitting president of the united states. mayor michael bloomberg said anytime a president backs a major advancement in civil rights, that advancement ultimately succeeds. but, you know, the president is not saying we should have a constitutional amendment or national legislation legalizing same-sex marriage. he's saying that marriage as it traditionally has been is an issue left to the states. we've seen this, there are some states that allow marriage, same-sex marriage. and there are a number of states that have constitutional amendments that ban same-sex marriage. the president added his voice to a debate that's not only going to continue but because the president is now front and center intensify. >> thank you. you saw the banner. the president now supports same-sex marriage. what was the context of that quote? we're going to replay the interview for you. and we're going to get more reaction and speak with an openly gay american. see how this is resonating in the lgbt community. let me tell you about a very important phon
the sitting president of the united states. mayor michael bloomberg said anytime a president backs a major advancement in civil rights, that advancement ultimately succeeds. but, you know, the president is not saying we should have a constitutional amendment or national legislation legalizing same-sex marriage. he's saying that marriage as it traditionally has been is an issue left to the states. we've seen this, there are some states that allow marriage, same-sex marriage. and there are a...
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that's how many android and iphone users there are in the united states. in 2011 that number was only 38 million. wow. >>> now to tonight's outer circle. we reach out to our sources around the world and go to the netherlands tonight where the war crimes trial started today in the hague. the former bosnian serb commander is facing 11 counts of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity for his actions during yugoslavia's civil war. nic robertson was there and i asked him what it was like in the courtroom today when he was facing some of his victims. >> reporter: erin, there were moments of pure theater where he came into the courtroom. he smiled at some of his victims. one of those men told me afterwards that he thought mladic had mistaken him for somebody else. there were moments of high drama as well where mladic drew his finger across his throat staring intently at some of those victims, some of the women from the town where he's alleged to have massacred 7,000 muslim men and boys. it was clearly a gesture intended to intimidate the women. there wa
that's how many android and iphone users there are in the united states. in 2011 that number was only 38 million. wow. >>> now to tonight's outer circle. we reach out to our sources around the world and go to the netherlands tonight where the war crimes trial started today in the hague. the former bosnian serb commander is facing 11 counts of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity for his actions during yugoslavia's civil war. nic robertson was there and i asked him what it...
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we welcome our viewers across the united states and around the globe to the special report, president obama addressing the american people from afghanistan, talking about the future of u.s. troops there and we are going to bring that to you live. >> lots of news happening now, dramatic developments covering the president's surprise visit to afghanistan like no one else can. we have our reporters in afghanistan, in pakistan, in washington, in new york, we're watching all of this unfold, our own john king will give us an inside look at what it's like to be on a secret presidential trip to a war zone. he's been on one before, our own erin burnett looks at al qaeda's future and our christiane amanpour and fareed zakariazaka. >> the president took a helicopter to kabul and signed a strategic partnership agreement with president hamid karzai. it could mark the beginning of the end of the war there. listen. >> neither americans nor the afghan people asked for this war, yet for a decade we've stood together to drive al qaeda from its camps to battle an insurgency and to give the people of afg
we welcome our viewers across the united states and around the globe to the special report, president obama addressing the american people from afghanistan, talking about the future of u.s. troops there and we are going to bring that to you live. >> lots of news happening now, dramatic developments covering the president's surprise visit to afghanistan like no one else can. we have our reporters in afghanistan, in pakistan, in washington, in new york, we're watching all of this unfold,...
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where's the president of the united states? when's the last time the president of the united states talked to the american people about how terrible this situation is? and also, by the way, the fact that from a national security standpoint, a removal of bashar al assad is a huge blow to iran. but the important thing is our advocacy and belief in human rights. what they need is weapons to defend themselves. non-lethal equipment as the secretary of state and others have pledged doesn't do well against tanks and artillery. then we need to talk with our allies about a sanctuary, a place where the government can organize, where we can train and equip these forces so we can have a fair fight. remember again, we can't stop reminding people it is russian equipment and iranians that are killing syrians in an unfair fight. shouldn't we give them a chance to defend themselves and their freedom? and finally, i believe more moral leadership on the part of the united states is called for. >> ambassador rice in the wake of the suicide attacks
where's the president of the united states? when's the last time the president of the united states talked to the american people about how terrible this situation is? and also, by the way, the fact that from a national security standpoint, a removal of bashar al assad is a huge blow to iran. but the important thing is our advocacy and belief in human rights. what they need is weapons to defend themselves. non-lethal equipment as the secretary of state and others have pledged doesn't do well...
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eight countries including the united states expelling syrian diplomats. in the year when the president is running on his foreign policy victories syria is becoming a lightning rod. >> this administration has a feckless foreign policy which abandons american leadership. i know because i visit with these people that they are ready to help these people and they are helping them some. it cries out for american leadership. >> and today mitt romney said the president's quote lack of leadership has resulted in a policy of paralysis and we should work with partners to arm the opposition. now, that is something a lot of people -- that's a lightning rod in itself. and the obama administration is holding firm on its stance of no military action. >> no military action is always an option. and we haven't in this case removed options from the table. we do not believe that militarization for the situation in syria at this point is the right course of action. we believe it would lead to greater chaos and greater carnage. >> but will american intervention stop blood shed?
eight countries including the united states expelling syrian diplomats. in the year when the president is running on his foreign policy victories syria is becoming a lightning rod. >> this administration has a feckless foreign policy which abandons american leadership. i know because i visit with these people that they are ready to help these people and they are helping them some. it cries out for american leadership. >> and today mitt romney said the president's quote lack of...
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could shut down your loan here in the united states. how much damage can a failed greece do to the global economy? >> it is ironic we're talking about it because it is only a $300 billion economy as i noted here. it shrunk by 20% since the start of this crisis. but the fact is, and christa makes a good point, if one of the members of the eurozone, one of the 17 decides to duck out, it puts the whole project into question. we should look back here on what happened, the fall of the berlin wall 1989 led the european union leaders to try to come together with union as a trade union, but also in ten short years after that, introduce a single currency. the reality is we have a two speed europe, something the architects of the europe didn't want to have, germany, france, the netherlands, the uk, not a member of the eurozone, and then the southern half of the continent, spain, portugal, italy and greece unable to grow right now. you have an unemployment rate of 21% in greece. youth unemployment of better than 50%. but the greeks fell asleep dur
could shut down your loan here in the united states. how much damage can a failed greece do to the global economy? >> it is ironic we're talking about it because it is only a $300 billion economy as i noted here. it shrunk by 20% since the start of this crisis. but the fact is, and christa makes a good point, if one of the members of the eurozone, one of the 17 decides to duck out, it puts the whole project into question. we should look back here on what happened, the fall of the berlin...
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think of the united states and france over the iraq war. in this case mostly everyone agrees with the obama administration. as we drawdown, they are drawing down as well. >> let's come back to the relevance question. you know this was a defensive alliance. it was built when it was the west confronting the soviet menace. one of the world's great thinkers told some students this. >> the world you are entering into is first of all at peace. profoundly at peace. this is historically a very rare phenomenon. you don't have major wars, proxy wars, arms races among the richest countries in the world. >> sound advice to those young students from as i said one of the world's great thinkers on these issues. if you are the leaders of the nato alliance, what lesson do you have to learn from this very different world? >> i think political stability is a little like oxygen. when you have it, you take it for granted. we don't notice there's oxygen in my room and yours. when you don't have it, you really notice. preserve it. do everything you can to prevent
think of the united states and france over the iraq war. in this case mostly everyone agrees with the obama administration. as we drawdown, they are drawing down as well. >> let's come back to the relevance question. you know this was a defensive alliance. it was built when it was the west confronting the soviet menace. one of the world's great thinkers told some students this. >> the world you are entering into is first of all at peace. profoundly at peace. this is historically a...
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a record for a tech company and the third largest ipo in the united states. allis allis allison kosik. >> not coming as a huge surprise. facebook had priced range of the shares between $28 and $35. this year, facebook went ahead and told the s.e.c., we are going to put that price range between $34 and $38. today, on the eve of when facebook is going to offer the shares to the public, it met with its bankers and underwriters and came to the conclusion that $38 will be the price. everyone wants to know why this price went higher. it went higher, because there is strong demand. facebook executives have been going around the country and pitching the o to potential investors. they found more people want it. the more that want it, the more you can sell it for. in fact, one investor said the response to this ipo, john, has been nothing short of pandemonium. >> given the interest, the initial wave goes out to institutional investors. does the average joe have any chance of paying $38 or somewhere near there? >> honestly, good luck. you have to remember, what's happen
a record for a tech company and the third largest ipo in the united states. allis allis allison kosik. >> not coming as a huge surprise. facebook had priced range of the shares between $28 and $35. this year, facebook went ahead and told the s.e.c., we are going to put that price range between $34 and $38. today, on the eve of when facebook is going to offer the shares to the public, it met with its bankers and underwriters and came to the conclusion that $38 will be the price. everyone...
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it was one airplane away to being shipped to the united states and successfully arriving. other than the intelligence that interrupted that plot, the technology did not intercede to make us safer in that case. and we don't know what was -- all the details about this device to know if it's better. >> bob, is this is matter of time before something like this gets through? >> i'm afraid so. this could all die down of its own accord. but with the technology, asiri and there's a couple palestinians in yemen helping them improve it, i think the risk goes up. i think one day it will get through. >> fran, do you agree with him? >> i do. the one thing we should say to give some people some sense of comfort. your hands get swabbed. that's meant to detect explosive traces. and it's the sort of thing that you hope would pick up if someone had been handling this sort of device. remember, this was not meant to be a body cavity device. this is an external device. you hope things like that. you don't have those around the world. >> those are very random. >> that's exactly right. and what
it was one airplane away to being shipped to the united states and successfully arriving. other than the intelligence that interrupted that plot, the technology did not intercede to make us safer in that case. and we don't know what was -- all the details about this device to know if it's better. >> bob, is this is matter of time before something like this gets through? >> i'm afraid so. this could all die down of its own accord. but with the technology, asiri and there's a couple...
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you see the president of the united states with a member of the united states military. a lot of the military personnel got into the hangar in bagram. inspiring words to the u.s. men and women who were on the front lines in afghanistan right now. a great thrill, obviously, for them. the pridñ sri vi afghanistan comes exactly aier after u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s gunned down osama bin laden, but there may be -- repeat, may be a new threat unfolding right now. uthorities say they're on alert against quote, body bombs that could be deployed on flights to the united states. let's bring in our national security contributor fran townsend, she serves on the cia and homeland security external advisory boards. fran, what does this mean, body bombs, an alert saying that this could be a new threat? what's going on? >> you know, wolf, we heard this first about a year ago, the possibility that al qaeda operatives might try sneak explosives on to western aircraft by inserting it in their bodies. there was some belief that the assassination attempt against mow head benaef the head of the sa
you see the president of the united states with a member of the united states military. a lot of the military personnel got into the hangar in bagram. inspiring words to the u.s. men and women who were on the front lines in afghanistan right now. a great thrill, obviously, for them. the pridñ sri vi afghanistan comes exactly aier after u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s gunned down osama bin laden, but there may be -- repeat, may be a new threat unfolding right now. uthorities say they're on alert against...
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any other state in the united states. >> that's the issue. do you undermine the credibility of that cause, a cause that's credibly important? you have dedicated a lot of your life to this. >> i have. >> do you undermine your credibility in that cause when people show images of youaasebas head? >> my son text me this morning. he is a very conservative, very, a fine husband and a fine father. he just text and said, well, mom, so much for riding off into a peaceful sunset, love you. he knows who i am. he knows who i represent. i have had overwhelming support from people that understand this has become a tool for our governor to go out and raise money and to try to discourage new membership. >> donna dewitt, i appreciate your time and perspective tonight. thank you for coming in. >> thank you, john. i appreciate you having me on your show. >> coming up, mitt romney's latino problem. can he mend fences with this critical constituency before election day? see life in the best light. outdoors, or in. transitions® lenses automatically filter just th
any other state in the united states. >> that's the issue. do you undermine the credibility of that cause, a cause that's credibly important? you have dedicated a lot of your life to this. >> i have. >> do you undermine your credibility in that cause when people show images of youaasebas head? >> my son text me this morning. he is a very conservative, very, a fine husband and a fine father. he just text and said, well, mom, so much for riding off into a peaceful sunset,...
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airliner, fran townsend confirmed there was never a threat to the united states because the united states controlled, controlled the would-be bomber. let's bring in fran who say member of the department of homeland security and the cia external advisory board. fran you're saying he was a double agent? >> basically. i mean, absolutely, john. what they said to me is you know, you've heard this language that there was no threat to the united states. you now understand why. the cia working with the saudi intelligence service controlled the source and therefore his device and so the american officials were reasonably confident that this was somebody that they could exercise complete control over and so there wasn't a threat to the u.s. in addition, john, we've learned for the first time that it's the same informant who provided u.s. officials with the necessary information to enable the drone operation that killed al quso, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula's external operations chief this ek would understand weekend. they've gotten into the real center of the al qaeda in the arabian peninsula
airliner, fran townsend confirmed there was never a threat to the united states because the united states controlled, controlled the would-be bomber. let's bring in fran who say member of the department of homeland security and the cia external advisory board. fran you're saying he was a double agent? >> basically. i mean, absolutely, john. what they said to me is you know, you've heard this language that there was no threat to the united states. you now understand why. the cia working...
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they are blaming the united states and nato forces. >>> he has been the unofficial republican nominee for weeks. mitt romney about to clinch the nomination. today's texas primary should give him enough delegates to seal the deal after a stop in colorado romney add tends a fundraiser tonight in vegas. jim acosta is there. what's his plan for today? what is the strategy moving forward now that he is presumably going to get the magic number? >> reporter: i got to tell you, the strategy today for the romney campaign is talk about jobs and the energy sector. he was in colorado, you mentioned that. he wrapped up an event in a tiny town of craig, colorado, talking about the coal industry and would like to see energy jobs developed by tapping into the nation's pretty large coal reserves, something that already happens now but he would like to develop that further. unfortunately, that message is really being drowned out today because of these comments made by donald trump, as you know suzanne, donald trump is hosting a fund-raiser in las vegas here on the las vegas strip, at the trump hotel. a
they are blaming the united states and nato forces. >>> he has been the unofficial republican nominee for weeks. mitt romney about to clinch the nomination. today's texas primary should give him enough delegates to seal the deal after a stop in colorado romney add tends a fundraiser tonight in vegas. jim acosta is there. what's his plan for today? what is the strategy moving forward now that he is presumably going to get the magic number? >> reporter: i got to tell you, the...
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he says he was misled, double crossed by the united states. wait until you here his story and the state department's response. >>> thirteen people are charged in the death of a florida drum major. >>> tonight's truth follows the money and tells you just where the obama and romney campaigns believe the presidential election will be decided. >>> in china, just as secretary of state hillary clinton arrived for a round of delegates, a chinese human rights activist left the protection of the u.s. embassy in beijing. the united states says he received assurances he would be treated humanely. later, he spoke by phone and told a very different and much darker story. he says, u.s. officials broke promises to have someone with him as he received medical treatment. >> translator: the embassy kept lobbying me to leave and promised to have people stay with me in the hospital. this afternoon, as soon as i checked in the hospital room, i noticed they were all gone. >> stan joins us live from beijing. tell us more about this phone call in which chen says he w
he says he was misled, double crossed by the united states. wait until you here his story and the state department's response. >>> thirteen people are charged in the death of a florida drum major. >>> tonight's truth follows the money and tells you just where the obama and romney campaigns believe the presidential election will be decided. >>> in china, just as secretary of state hillary clinton arrived for a round of delegates, a chinese human rights activist left...
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i think the united states is -- even though there's going to be quibbling on the sides, i think the united states is very, very likely now to have a presence there for the foreseeable future. >> i'm sorry. we've got to leave it there. david gergen, gloria borger. appreciate it. president obama's visit and his speech from bagram air base is fueling talk tonight. more with ari fleischer, paul begala, peter bergen. that's next. >> announcer: this is the day. the day that we say to the world of identity thieves "enough." we're lifelock, and we believe you have the right to live free from the fear of identity theft. our pledge to you? as long as there are identity thieves, we'll be there. we're lifelock. and we offer the most comprehensive identity theft protection ever created. lifelock: relentlessly protecting your identity. call 1-800-lifelock or go to lifelock.com today. (spoken in mandarin) i've still got hours of battery life. it's an ultrabook. you bring great shame upon this coffee hut. with a long-lasting ultrabook, everything else seems old fashioned. ultrabook. inspired by intel. (fe
i think the united states is -- even though there's going to be quibbling on the sides, i think the united states is very, very likely now to have a presence there for the foreseeable future. >> i'm sorry. we've got to leave it there. david gergen, gloria borger. appreciate it. president obama's visit and his speech from bagram air base is fueling talk tonight. more with ari fleischer, paul begala, peter bergen. that's next. >> announcer: this is the day. the day that we say to the...
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he is the commander in chief and the president of the united states. when he goes around the world at risk he can dominate the news cycle. mitt romney was in new york with rudy giuliani might have gotten more attention except for this. >> he left around 11:00 p.m. eastern time last night from andrews air force base outside of washington and got there about 2:00 p.m. eastern time, about a 13 hour flight overseas, a very long flight. the president is walking into this location right now. here he comes. he is going to be speaking we assume for about ten minutes. here is the president. >> good evening. this outpost is more than 7,000 miles from home but for over a decade it's been close to our hearts because here in afghanistan more than half a million of our sons and daughters have sacrificed to protect our country. today i signed a historic agreement between the united states and afghanistan that defines a new relationship between our countries, a future in which afghans are responsible for the security of their nation and we built an equal partnership b
he is the commander in chief and the president of the united states. when he goes around the world at risk he can dominate the news cycle. mitt romney was in new york with rudy giuliani might have gotten more attention except for this. >> he left around 11:00 p.m. eastern time last night from andrews air force base outside of washington and got there about 2:00 p.m. eastern time, about a 13 hour flight overseas, a very long flight. the president is walking into this location right now....
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i think the united states is -- even though there's going to be quibbling on the sides, i think the united states is very, very likely now to have a presence there for the foreseeable future. >> i'm sorry. we've got to leave it there. david gergen, gloria borger. appreciate it. president obama's visit and his speech from bagram air base is fueling talk tonight. more with ari fleischer, paul begala, peter bergen. that's next. ♪ what started as a whisper every day, millions of people choose to do the right thing. there's an insurance company that does that, too. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? with these new depend real fit briefs,untry and today we are surprising pro football all stars. there's wes, clay and demarcus.what's up guys. now i know you don't need one, but would you try these on for charity and prove just how great the fit is? seriously? no way for charity? let's do it! yup... they're doin it. the best protection now looks, fits and feels just like underwear. let's go drive, use the legs... nice teamwork! they tried on the new depend real fit. get
i think the united states is -- even though there's going to be quibbling on the sides, i think the united states is very, very likely now to have a presence there for the foreseeable future. >> i'm sorry. we've got to leave it there. david gergen, gloria borger. appreciate it. president obama's visit and his speech from bagram air base is fueling talk tonight. more with ari fleischer, paul begala, peter bergen. that's next. ♪ what started as a whisper every day, millions of people...
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you said you were in the united states. you reached out to u.s. authorities. then from there when you were back in iran being their eyes and ears, how did you communicate with them? how were you able to get information back? how were you sure you weren't observed? >> well, you see, i was sent to europe. i was trained there to write invisible letters and decipher codes. i would receive my codes in the middle of the night and i would decipher and see what the request was. more so it was the flow of information. sometimes i would write four or five letters a week passing information to the u.s. and looking at the saudi infiltration, i can tell you that some of my reports prevented disaster. one was that they had planned attacks in saudi arabia. another one was collaboration with china. and so there are many people risking their lives, trying to make a better world and help the u.s. realizing the threat in inner but there is a lot of anxiety and a lot of anger. death would be an easy way out. torture is like dying over and over again. >> does your family know, rez
you said you were in the united states. you reached out to u.s. authorities. then from there when you were back in iran being their eyes and ears, how did you communicate with them? how were you able to get information back? how were you sure you weren't observed? >> well, you see, i was sent to europe. i was trained there to write invisible letters and decipher codes. i would receive my codes in the middle of the night and i would decipher and see what the request was. more so it was the...
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if we don't do anything about our debt we're risking the full faith and credit of the united states. we can't go on having trillion dollar deficits. we do turn into greece. we have never had trillion dollar deficits until the last three years. and they don't end. that's the problem. you can blame it on george bush if you want but why do they continue the next ten years under the president's policies. and as paul looked into the past, i do have to remind you when barack obama was the united states senator, he opposed raising the debt limit. he called it unpatriotic to raise the debt limit. and now he wants to do it clean. well, clean means we don't cut anything. you can't raise the debt limit and not cut spending. that's acquiescence. that's quitting and saying we get conquered by debt. >> ari makes one really important point. i agree one with one, disagree with one. senator obama did vote exactly the way ari said. he has said now that he regrets that, but that was, i suspect, political. it was certainly a mistake and ari is right and fair to point that out. when he talks about the pa
if we don't do anything about our debt we're risking the full faith and credit of the united states. we can't go on having trillion dollar deficits. we do turn into greece. we have never had trillion dollar deficits until the last three years. and they don't end. that's the problem. you can blame it on george bush if you want but why do they continue the next ten years under the president's policies. and as paul looked into the past, i do have to remind you when barack obama was the united...
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the potential deal was revealed not by the united states government but by the parents of the captured american soldier. he has been held nearly three years by the taliban. his parents haven't heard from him in over a year but they're speaking out because they're frustrated the talks have stalled and upset because they haven't heard from the president. chris lawrence has been following this story. chris, has the pentagon confirmed the swap and the parents' version of the tale? >> reporter: publicly, erin, no. but our sources are telling us this is part of the deal that was on the table. a lot of reporters have actually known about these negotiations for months, but they weren't reporting it because they didn't want to jeopardize any potential negotiations. now that the parents themselves have gone public, you're getting sort of a peek behind the curtain at this covert diplomacy. one official tells us the way the swap might have worked is that the u.s. would not have released, say, all five of these taliban prisoners from guantanamo at once but they may release two. and then if the tali
the potential deal was revealed not by the united states government but by the parents of the captured american soldier. he has been held nearly three years by the taliban. his parents haven't heard from him in over a year but they're speaking out because they're frustrated the talks have stalled and upset because they haven't heard from the president. chris lawrence has been following this story. chris, has the pentagon confirmed the swap and the parents' version of the tale? >>...
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chen come to the united states to study. here's what she said. >> i think that we're looking forward to welcoming him to the united states. he is still in the hospital receiving medical treatment, some of which was recommended by the embassy doctors who examined him. we remain in close contact with him. we know that chinese officials have visited him in the hospital in order to begin processing necessary papers. we're doing the same in order to prepare the way so that he can come here and pursue his studies. >> reporter: you know, soledad, also, on this trip, no matter where you go and especially at a town hall in calcutta, there was an issue of hillary clinton herself personally what she's like, what she's like as a woman. she talked about the glass ceiling and double standards. and low and behold now in the blogosphere there's talking about hillary without makeup. hillary with glasses. so i asked her about that from sublime to the ridiculous and this is what she said about that. >> i feel so relieved to be at the stage i'm
chen come to the united states to study. here's what she said. >> i think that we're looking forward to welcoming him to the united states. he is still in the hospital receiving medical treatment, some of which was recommended by the embassy doctors who examined him. we remain in close contact with him. we know that chinese officials have visited him in the hospital in order to begin processing necessary papers. we're doing the same in order to prepare the way so that he can come here and...
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i'm sorry for what the united states has done. what he has said is that there's going to be a new policy. there's going to be a new approach. that he wants to have a new diplomatic relationship. he uses the words of diplomacy. >> do you think these stereotypes are rooted in a hangover from the late '60s when the anti-war against vietnam came to be seen as anti-american when the president was 8 years old? >> it's a very easy thing to sort of fall into. i think where mitt romney is coming from, he's haurking back to the days when the united states wouldn't apologize for anything. as obama has put it, the days when fdr and churchill could sit over a glass of brandy and divide up the world. we're long past those days. >> let's do a lightning round because we're outfront on this show. dust off your crystal balls and take a look at what dangers lie ahead for the campaigns. >> on the romney campaign, he's got to develop some stances on foreign policy, in response to errol, because this election may not be about economics. everybody think
i'm sorry for what the united states has done. what he has said is that there's going to be a new policy. there's going to be a new approach. that he wants to have a new diplomatic relationship. he uses the words of diplomacy. >> do you think these stereotypes are rooted in a hangover from the late '60s when the anti-war against vietnam came to be seen as anti-american when the president was 8 years old? >> it's a very easy thing to sort of fall into. i think where mitt romney is...
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the other point i'd like to make is the least regulated countries -- >> i agree. >> the united states, the u.k. and iceland, so let regulation is riskier. >> i love an iceland mention. >> yeah. i'm not going to defend iceland here. when you have so many regulators looking at the banks -- >> we agree there. >> transactions, these kind of things continue. i mean, look, the one thing we have to make sure we don't do is continue to bail out banks when they make bad decisions because i think that's the ultimate safety net and hammock for bad decisions. >> let me put this to you then. what we have here in the introduction. jp morgan is 40% bigger than before the crisis. if it was too big to fail them, we'll have to bail them out then. >> i don't believe that big is necessary bad. the only reason that big is bad when it comes to banks is because the impulse is to bail them out when they get this big. are we going to bail out every fortune 500 company if there's losses? >> what about breaking up the banks? what do you think about that? what do you think about breaking up the big four? what's
the other point i'd like to make is the least regulated countries -- >> i agree. >> the united states, the u.k. and iceland, so let regulation is riskier. >> i love an iceland mention. >> yeah. i'm not going to defend iceland here. when you have so many regulators looking at the banks -- >> we agree there. >> transactions, these kind of things continue. i mean, look, the one thing we have to make sure we don't do is continue to bail out banks when they make...
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look at united states. they had a man who had been beaten, under house arrest, made it to the embassy under their protection, facing enormous stress and handed hem sbook the people oppressing him. on the other hand, china, despite all of this, despite the lifting people out of poverty and the economic success, it's still so bad, has such a tawdry human rights record that people want to flee in fear of their lives. this is the defining relationship from the rest of the century there is huge work to do appreciate your time. >>> front story, too. still "outfront" -- a bangup job. >> this is a sad time in america. when people who want work can't find jobs. >> secret services. >> no. just go [ bleep ]. i'm not going to pay you. >> all this "outfront" when we come back. man: 1939 -- my parents ran across an ad for a hot dog cart. my mother said, "well, maybe we ought to buy this hot dog cart and set it up someplace." so my parents went to bank of america. they met with the branch manager and they said, "look, we'
look at united states. they had a man who had been beaten, under house arrest, made it to the embassy under their protection, facing enormous stress and handed hem sbook the people oppressing him. on the other hand, china, despite all of this, despite the lifting people out of poverty and the economic success, it's still so bad, has such a tawdry human rights record that people want to flee in fear of their lives. this is the defining relationship from the rest of the century there is huge work...
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i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many different park service units ross the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. >>> a couple stories here, radiation levels in tuna suddenly higher than normal. and new concerns about hormone replacement therapy. time to play "reporter roulette." first two casey wian los angeles. so i hear this about blue fin tuna is a very high fine grade of tuna. should people be worried about eating it in the. >> well, according to the scientists, brook, they shouldn't be worried, at least not yet. last year, 15 blue fin tuna caught off the coast of san diego were found by researchers to contain 10 times the normal level of radiation found in blue fin tuna in previous years. they say that's a big surprise because they expected the radiation to dissipate as the tuna made their way all the way across the pacific ocean from japan to the coast of california
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and it appears that the united states nailed the attack. chris lawrence is at the pentagon. usual official confirming to us that cia drone strike talk him out in a lawless part of yemen. this was a man on the fbi's most wanted list with a $5 million bounty on his head. someone the u.s. has been very, very interested in getting. >> apologies. i thought you were going to a piece of sound there. we've been talking about drone strikes. ainge lot of people understand there. is this going to become another pakistanish problem? >> not really. it looks like the exact opposite. in have been 15 drone strikes this year. and the offensive is really starting to ramp up for several reasons. one is the president seems very commitmented to going after al qaeda and supportive of u.s. drone strikes. the cia got authorization to product drone strikes even if they're not sure of the target's identity. so it's given the u.s. more leeway to conduct some of these drone strikes. and when you look at what koubt terrorism officials say about the al qaeda group in yemen that it's the most direct threa
and it appears that the united states nailed the attack. chris lawrence is at the pentagon. usual official confirming to us that cia drone strike talk him out in a lawless part of yemen. this was a man on the fbi's most wanted list with a $5 million bounty on his head. someone the u.s. has been very, very interested in getting. >> apologies. i thought you were going to a piece of sound there. we've been talking about drone strikes. ainge lot of people understand there. is this going to...
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cartels to get into the united states? >> i think one of the things that's important to recognize, these are criminal organizations and they certainly will diversify what their level of criminality is. whether drugs today, weapons tomorrow or a need to move high-valued targets across the border. that was a great piece of work by the federal agencies specifically doing drug investigations and uncovered the individual who was contemplating an assassination attempt. clearly these are criminals and they'll do anything they can for a profit going forward. >> hipoli one thing i find hard to understand and the whole fast and furious controversy, there are 6,600 licensed gun dealers in the united states within 100 miles of the mexican border. 70% of the guns recovered from mexican drug activity had originated here in the united states. we're the ones arming this whole problem, right? >> well, you know, but let's understand one thing. the guns were going into mexico way before fast and furious occurred. whether we would have had fa
cartels to get into the united states? >> i think one of the things that's important to recognize, these are criminal organizations and they certainly will diversify what their level of criminality is. whether drugs today, weapons tomorrow or a need to move high-valued targets across the border. that was a great piece of work by the federal agencies specifically doing drug investigations and uncovered the individual who was contemplating an assassination attempt. clearly these are...
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and then something the united states government goes. they've been negotiating with the taliban for months, if not years and mr. bergdahl we have to have sympathy because he has been waiting for three years and only become public recently and "time" has been sitting on this story for three years, we've been in negotiations with state and pentagon and only because of a small paper in idaho decided to break this self-imposed -- >> silence. >> -- embargo. it wasn't a secret but hasn't been a major media story until now and mr. bergdahl is frustrated and desperate. >> wouldn't you be? >> of course. >> wouldn't you be? jim frederick, "time" international editor. >> good to be here. >> appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> still ahead here on "starting point," will cain's eye in today's news, bombshell spy, anna chapman, look inside her $3,000 chanel bag, really, will, talking about chanel bags this morning and other goodies you can apparently check out with the rest of our panel. >> that's right. >> the lovely margaret hoover and john avalon. "tim
and then something the united states government goes. they've been negotiating with the taliban for months, if not years and mr. bergdahl we have to have sympathy because he has been waiting for three years and only become public recently and "time" has been sitting on this story for three years, we've been in negotiations with state and pentagon and only because of a small paper in idaho decided to break this self-imposed -- >> silence. >> -- embargo. it wasn't a secret...
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i think the united states is -- even though there's going to be quibbling on the sides, i think the united states is very, very likely now to have a presence there for the foreseeable future. >> i'm sorry. we've got to leave it there. david gergen, gloria borger. appreciate it. president obama's speech from bagram air base is fueling talk tonight. more with ari fleischer, paul begala, peter bergen. that's next. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, helps cover some of the medical expenses... not paid by medicare part b. that can save you from paying up to thousands of dollars... out of your own pocket. these are the only medicare supplement insurance plans... exclusi
i think the united states is -- even though there's going to be quibbling on the sides, i think the united states is very, very likely now to have a presence there for the foreseeable future. >> i'm sorry. we've got to leave it there. david gergen, gloria borger. appreciate it. president obama's speech from bagram air base is fueling talk tonight. more with ari fleischer, paul begala, peter bergen. that's next. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my...
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allies, who would try to attack the united states. what this indianapolcident make is this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country. we will do everything necessary to keep america safe. >> jessica young, what did people at the white house know about the plot and when did they know it? >> hi, john. officials hearsay the president was informed in april by his counter terrorism team here, john brenan, about this plot and then received continuing updates ever since then and reiterated at no point was the public ever in danger from this foiled plot. i am also told by a counter terrorism official they are confident that this plot was not tied to the anniversary of osama bin laden's death. in a statement released here they also said that while the president was assured the device did not pose a threat to the public, he directed the department of homeland security and law enforcement and intelligence agencies to take whatever steps necessary to guard against this type of attack. i am adv
allies, who would try to attack the united states. what this indianapolcident make is this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country. we will do everything necessary to keep america safe. >> jessica young, what did people at the white house know about the plot and when did they know it? >> hi, john. officials hearsay the president was informed in april by his counter terrorism team here, john brenan, about this plot and then...
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they inspired and amazed generations of readers, not just in the united states. when i was in china last year i was invited -- i went and spent some time with children, they were at a summer camp. they were learning english. it was summer camp so i brought along a few of my favorite children's book and one of them was to bring maurice sendak's "where the wild things are." one of the students was a boy named billy and that's us reading "where the wild things are." he loved the book. we think other countries when they look at america they say, american movies and ipods and believe me they like those things. but wow, they loved that book. billy loved it. he still has it. particularly a book, it was fantastic. >> nested in the teeth -- >> rolled. >> rolled and showed that
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mitt romney has made it clear he believes the president of the united states was born in the united states. now we can talk about the big issues in this country. >> let me ask a follow-up question. we'll get to jobs in a second. >> 24 million people underemployed. >> i agree with you on that front. we'll get to that in one second. before we get to that, i want to ask you why does mitt romney not go further. for example, as i'm sure you have seen many times, when john mccain was posed a question by a woman who asked him a question, not only did he say here's my position. he said to her, let me correct you. i'll play that clip for you. >> aren't you embarrassed to be speaking directly from the obama speaking points that they distributed yesterday? aren't you embarrassed to sound exactly like the obama spokesman talking about john mccain? this is ridiculous. >> this is a clip we played before that ran many times. it's a conversation that's been had. >> come on. let's talk jobs. let's talk jobs. >> is that because you don't want to talk about the fact that a major fund-raiser is a birther? >>
mitt romney has made it clear he believes the president of the united states was born in the united states. now we can talk about the big issues in this country. >> let me ask a follow-up question. we'll get to jobs in a second. >> 24 million people underemployed. >> i agree with you on that front. we'll get to that in one second. before we get to that, i want to ask you why does mitt romney not go further. for example, as i'm sure you have seen many times, when john mccain...